Howdy all! Sorry this email is coming in a day late again. I need to figure out a better system for a time to sit down and write. Lots of things to improve around here but hey that's what life's about.
I'll address the title here really quick. We drove so much this week. We easily put at least another 1000 kilometers on our vehicle from how often we had to commute up to different cities for things. We were in Vlorë twice (I had residency work there and also district counsel on separate days), way up in Elbasan on Sunday, and then in Fier again for good ol P-Day. Many hours of sitting driving back and forth, but it's alright. That's what you get when you serve in one of the most remote areas of the mission. I'm just glad we still have a district to meet with every week.
Let me address Elbasan really quick too. Elbasan is a big city up near Tirana and it is the location of one of the only two real church buildings in Albania. Because of that, it is the location for many meetings for all of the members of Albania. They held district conference up there on Sunday (basically stake conference for all the branches in Southern Albania), and we got permission from President to bring our one active member up with us! It was super fun and I can tell it was really good for Dritan to meet other strong members from Albania. I believe he enjoyed all the messages shared too and we had the opportunity afterwards to spend some time with the 4 Elbasan missionaries and have lunch before heading back down to Gjirokastër. Very good experience and very worth the 3ish hour drive each way.
Also coming up this week, we will hopefully have the Baptisms of Nora and Elona on Friday! We are super stoked and right now we're just working on trying to coordinate the baptism. We have to find and decide on a good spot for the baptism (Which may or may not be in a pool as of right now because the water of the river is so cold and rapid). Updates to come on that! We will literally be doubling the members here in Gjirokastër with those two baptisms and that's exciting too. :)
P-Day was also good. We met up at a kalçeto (covered soccer field basically) and got to play some good wholesome soccer with the elders from Durrës, Lushnjë, and Fier as well as the Fier sisters. Later on, we were joined by even more missionaries from Berat and Elbasan and spent some good time at a sweet beach. Lots of cool rocks and big waves so we enjoyed that. Again, I'm very grateful for the missionaries and the culture we have here together as a group. We're so tight and it makes any get together a blast.
Thank you all for supporting me out here! I can feel the prayers. :) you guys are dank. Good luck with everything you've got going on and don't be strangers!
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